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Issue: The Green Hornet #23
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagNow
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Indicia Publisher: NOW Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.25 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Tony Caputo (editor in chief); Joan Weis (editor)
Disclose Notes: polybagged with card
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; baxter interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sandra Chang
Sandra Chang
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Subject Matter
superhero
Green Hornet
Green Hornet IV; Kato II
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Miscellaneous
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Limited Edition Promo Card 3H

Illustration  on  Dustjacket from base issue
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Hornet IV
A "Hologravure" (3-D) card, polybagged with the comic.
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The Karate Wars Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Ron Fortier
Patrick Zircher
Jim Brozman
Suzanne Dechnik; Holly Sanfelippo; Todd Tuttle
Andrea Albert
Subject Matter
crime, superhero
The Green Hornet
Ikano Kato; Kono Kato; Hayashi Kato [Kato II]; Diana Reid; Paul Reid [Green Hornet IV]; Jon "J.J." Allan, Jr. (from #10 of the 1989 series [Vol. 1], and called simply Jon Allan in this story); Harry Block (villain); Glory, Block's moll (introduction)
In Japan, Ikano begins disciplining his wayward grandson, Kono. In The City, as Diana joins Hayashi to watch a video of one of his old White Ninja martial arts flicks, he tells her that he has Paul sharpening his fighting skills at the dojo run by old friend Jon Allen. There, Paul witnesses Jon and his students use their superior techniques to dissuade some thugs from a martial arts-oriented gang, who had clearly been pressuring Jon previously. However, after most of the students have left and Jon is locking up for the night, the thugs return, with their huge, Yakuza-style boss Onaka Matahachi. He has a bazooka-like weapon fired into the dojo, gutting the place, and then beats up Jon himself for "refusing [his] most generous offer" to buy him out. Jon's injuries prove to be minimal, but Kato doesn't like this new angle to the gangs, and he and the Green Hornet go out to intervene. The gang's headquarters is no secret on the streets, and the Hornet rides in to demand his usual "cut." He is surprised to learn that the real boss of the reorganization is Harry Block (previously seen in #s 18 & 19). He sics Onaka on Kato, who is getting the worst of it when the arrival of police cars breaks up the fight and sends everyone running. To be continued....
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Racketeer Block's first name of Harry is given for the first time in this story.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joan Weis
typeset
Subject Matter
Buzz Word
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Miscellaneous
1
As of this issue, the letter column got a new logo, without the word "The" included. Letters from Frank Prater and David Smith.
The Big Ten with Clint McElroy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
? [as "NOW"]; Clint McElroy
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typeset
Subject Matter
The Big Ten
Transcript of a 10 question interview with Clint McElroy, concerning the NOW Comics miniseries, "The Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow," which he wrote. Includes a color photo of McElroy and a boxed list of NOW's staff.
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